在机场，我无意中听到一对父女离别前最后的对话。他们就站在飞机门附近，女儿正准备登机，她说：“爸爸，我们一起生活了这么久，我感到满足。您给我的爱，我知足了。爸爸，希望您也知足常乐。”
吻别后，女儿上了飞机。父亲朝窗子走来，我就坐在附近，可以看出他想哭的表情。
我尽力不触及他的隐私，但他却主动问道：“明知道是永别，却还要说再见，你曾经有过这样的经历吗？”
“是的，有过。”我不禁回忆起从前，对于父亲为我所做的一切，我曾经向他表达过我对他的爱和感激。我知道父亲时日不多，所以特意当面告诉他，他对我是多么重要。现在，我也完全理解这个男人的感受。
“冒昧问一句，为什么这是永别呢？”我问。
“我老了，她住得太远。我以后的日子充满挑战，事实上，她瑕疵回来就是参加我的葬礼了。”他说。
“我听你们说‘希望你知足常乐’，能问一下那是什么意思呢？“
他开始笑起来，“那是我们家族代代相传的愿望。我父母过去常对每个人这样说。”
那个人顿了顿，抬起头来，像是沉浸在过去琐碎的回忆里。
“后来，我们都说要知足常乐，希望其他人的生活里充满更多的美好，支撑更多的美好，支撑鼓励他们好好生活。”
然后，他转向我，说了下面的话，好像是把它从记忆深处背诵出来的。
愿你拥有足够的阳光，让你乐观向上。
愿你拥有足够的雨水，让你更加感激阳光。
愿你拥有足够的幸福，使你精神高昂。
愿你拥有足够的痛苦，这样，生命中再微小的欢乐都会显得巨大。
愿你收获更多，满足你的需求。
愿你失去更多，让你知道珍惜一切。
愿你在永别后，能交更多的朋友。
说完他开始呜咽起来，走开了。
I Wish You Enough
At an airport I overheard a father and daughter during their last moments together. Her flight was ready for boarding and they were st－anding near the departure gate. She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever need. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.”
They kissed goodbye and she left. The man walked over towards the window near where I was seated. I could see that he wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude upon his privacy, but he welcomed me by asking, “Have you ever said goodbye to someone knowing that it would be forever?”
“Yes, I have.” Saying that brought back memories I had of expre－ssing my love and appreciation for all that my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were numbered, I took the time to tell him, face-to-face, how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was going through..
“Forgive me for asking, but why is this goodbye forever?” I asked.
“I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challengers ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral.” He said.
“I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means?”
He began to smile, “That is a wish that has been handed down through the generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.”
The man paused a moment, then looked up, as if trying to remember the details.
“Then we say I wish you enough. We want the other persons to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them.”
He then turned me and shared the following, as if he were reciting it from memory:
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirits up.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain so to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough hellos to get you through the final Goodbye.
The man then began to sob and walked away.